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0xy on Feb 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: In our cashless society, we need to take digital j...

Fascists and dictators alike have used banks as weapons against classes of people they disagree with. [1] [2] [3] It seems you are okay with these methods as long as they're used on your political opponents.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsbank#Nazi_period

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Soviet_Un...

[3] http://www.commartrecovery.org/docs/EnglishAnselmiReport.pdf

Bud on Feb 24, 2022 [–]

You're right. I'm totally more fine with using these measures against Nazis, as opposed to, say, non-Nazis. Thanks for helping me to clarify that!

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